Willis said "we're not prepared to spend billions of dollars sending money offshore." If the world doesn't get serious about climate chg acc to the WEF, we risk 14.5m dead & $12.5tr in losses by 2050.
The Auck flood & Gabrielle cost 11 lives & $9-14.5b. How will farmers cope w more droughts/floods?

Will Lab find its mojo and copy Mamdani? Latest Roy Morgan poll shows the CoC still ruling so Lab needs to become more Lab.

Frida Kahlo is alive and well and lives in AotearoaNZ...😍

As I watch the nightly reports of flooding in Asia & see the smashed houses, weeping relatives, I feel depressed by this gvt's lack of climate urgency. This year ACC finally removed 2 houses down the road & spent thsds sculpting the land, new drains & replacing the road from 23 Auck floods/Gabrielle

When inflation runs at 3%, how will councils afford to do any major infra projects if they can only raise rates by 4%?

The supercilious smile Willis gave as she accused Deborah Russell of conspiracy was pure rage bait.

A reminder to cookers & BVV why JA's leadership was crucial during the pandemic. The lowest death rate.....Thanks, JA.

The Minister for Plenty (1984) 🙈🙉

Oxford's word of the year is "rage bait." An apt description of Seymour & his actions.

They should've said no like the Maori queen when Willis asked to be invited to their economic hui. Allowing him to exploit them makes me angry!

There was one episode with hillbillies that is still one of the scariest programmes ever. Rates alongside the Dr Who stone angels episode.

My son was unemployed for 3 yrs after leaving uni bc he didn't have 3 yrs experience. He applied for 100s of jobs & finally got a job during the pandemic. No job means u can't plan. I was unemployed when I returned from o/seas bc there 2 many primary tchrs. WINZ gave me sev bitty jobs. Good luck all

Historian Greg Grandin's 'Empire's Workshp' and 'America America' were very detailed and damning on how the USA has for 200 years bullied, undermined gvts, killed leaders and exploited the resources of Latin America.

Tend Health currently operates 25 medical centers across New Zealand. This network includes fully owned clinics operating under the Tend brand and others under the Better Health group brand, which Tend fully acquired in early 2024.
Lab is trying to undermine the corportization of medical practice.

BVVelden commented that during the pandemic, NZ "completely blew out what the value of a life was" in its COVID-19 response by prioritizing virus elimination at a huge financial & social cost. This gvt doesn't believe in society, like Maggie Thatcher. It's transactional, like Trump, & rewards donors